Muzillac

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Muzillac
Coat of arms of Muzillac
Muzillac (France)
Muzillac
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Muzillac (main town)
Community association Arc Sud Brittany
Coordinates 47 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W
height 0-65 m
surface 39.5 km 2
Residents 5,015 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 127 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56190
INSEE code
Website http://www.muzillac.fr/

Muzillac (Breton: Muzilheg) is a commune with 5015 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany . It is part of the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne .

location

Muzillac is located in the southeast of the Morbihan department, about 20 kilometers east of Vannes , and is the capital of the canton of the same name . Neighboring communities are Noyal-Muzillac , Arzal , Billiers , and Ambon . Muzillac is inland, about five kilometers from the coast.

The Saint-Éloi , which is dammed up in the municipal area to the Étang de Pen Mur, flows through Muzillac .

history

The first written mention of Muzillacs comes from the year 1070. At that time the district of Bourg Pol was the seat of the parish church. The family of the lords of Muzillac appears for the first time in 1123 in the Redon copial book .

From 1288 to 1432, Muzillac was the seat of the Audit Office of Brittany.

From 1678 until the French Revolution , Muzillac was the seat of a convent of the Ursulines .

In 1790 Muzillac was declared an independent municipality and the capital of the canton of the same name. The parish church remained in the Bourg Pol district until the church tower burned down in 1934. The current parish church of Sainte-Thérèse was built between 1930 and 1934.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 2189 2516 2987 3228 3471 3805 4416

Source: INSEE

In 2007 approx. 23% of the population were younger than 20 years and approx. 26% were older than 64 years.

traffic

Muzillac has two exits from the motorway-like N165 , which leads from Nantes via Vannes , Lorient and Quimper to Brest .

Between 1903 and 1947, Muzillac had its own station, the Chemins de fer du Morbihan . Today Questembert is the nearest train station 15 km away.

Attractions

At the Étang de Pen Mur is the mill of the same name, which uses 18th century techniques to make paper.

Culture

Muzillac has its own cinema 'Jeanne d'Arc' and the cultural center 'Center d'Animation du Vieux Couvent à Muzillac', which also houses the community library.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 624-628.

Web links

Commons : Muzillac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Muzillac-Site officiel de la commune . muzillac.fr. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  2. Insee - Results du recensement de la population - 2007 Muzillac . recensement.insee.fr. Retrieved on February 2, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.recensement.insee.fr  
  3. ^ Moulin à paper . moulin-papier.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  4. ^ Muzillac-Site officiel de la commune . muzillac.fr. Retrieved November 24, 2012.